Archives



Minutes of the board of management, Kate Cocks Memorial Babies Home

Minutes of monthly meetings include attached Matron’s monthly reports (from 1951 onwards) which record number of children in the home, give information about admissions and discharges including reasons for admissions, record adoptions, health and other issues. No names are mentioned. Minutes also provide background on the day-to-day running of the home including maintenance, alterations and…

Girls Home [Minutes], Kate Cocks Memorial Babies Home

Minutes of monthly meetings include attached Matron’s monthly reports with information of admissions, discharges and babies born. Rest of minutes concern general administration of home. Quantity: 1 notebook. The Methodist Church homes were run by the Adelaide Central Methodist Mission, now known as Uniting Communities. Records are held at the Uniting Communities. Access Conditions All…

Annual Reports to the District Convention, Lutheran Church South Australia District, Lutheran Children’s Emergency Home

These reports contain yearly updates on the home providing information about numbers of children admitted, staff changes and building developments. No names of children are mentioned. Access Conditions Most records at the Lutheran Archives are available for inspection. Some records have closed or restricted access. Some private records that are less than 30 years old…

Babies Home Minutes, Kate Cocks Memorial Babies Home

Minutes of monthly meetings including summaries of Matron’s monthly reports with numbers of admissions and discharges. Minutes also provide information about day-to-day running of home. Quantity: 1 notebook. The Methodist Church homes were run by the Adelaide Central Methodist Mission, now known as Uniting Communities. Records are held at Uniting Communities Access Conditions All personal…

Lutheran Children’s Emergency Home [Administrative File]

Department for Community Welfare administrative file titled Lutheran Children’s Emergency Home (GRS 4164/4. File no 14/13/2). General administrative file with reports, licensing agreements and correspondence between the Department and the home management committee. The file contains one news clipping regarding the opening of the home. No children’s names or information appear in this file. Access…

Beth McMenamie Records, Vaughan House

Photographic slides and prints and a scrapbook documenting the activities of Vaughan House while it was under the direction of Superintendent Beth McMenamie. Access Conditions Researchers can have access to documents, photographs, recordings and transcripts held at the State Library of South Australia on presenting their Readers Ticket. Readers Tickets are available from the Library….

General Administrative Dockets (permanent), Department for Community Welfare

State Records of South Australia has merged this Series into GRS 2401 General administration files, multiple number, closed series – Department for Community Welfare and successor agencies.

Aboriginal liaison files – South Australia Youth Training Centre (SAYTC)

Liaison files for young Aboriginal offenders remanded at SAYTC. Includes court mandates, assessment panel reports, liaison court instructions, admission reports, reports on social, family and personal background, medical information and psychiatric reports. Access Conditions A Research Centre Members card, obtainable at the Archives, is required to research records held at State Records. Although some very…

Property and personal disposition records – South Australia Youth Remand and Assessment Centre

These records books are archived under SAYRAC, the name for the Vaughan House from 1979, but were also kept prior to that change. The format and content of books varies but most contain information required for the official handover of children from the Police or Court to the Remand Centre. Books record name, age, date…

Admission/intake cards – South Australia Youth Remand and Assessment Centre (SAYRAC)

These admission / intake cards (GRS 6639) make up an alphabetical index of youths admitted to the South Australian Youth Remand and Assessment Centre (SAYRAC), previously known as Vaughan House. Although the card index is archived under ‘SAYRAC’ cards were also kept prior to the name change in 1979. The series also includes admission index…